al-in-chgo's definitions

London Flog

The urban practice wherein a man strolls the streets, fully clothed and in a belted trench coat, and slowly but covertly, though a side pocket, masturbates himself in the presence of fellow pedestrians and pasers-by. The benefit of the act is sometimes claimed to be expediency, but more likely is the ability to "get away with it," especially when ejacualation is achieved but not revealed.

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"Why do you say Geoff's a wanker?" -- "I mean, literally, man. I ran into him on Halsted and he had just done a complete London Flog."

"How could you tell?" -- "Well, partly by the refreshed happy-ending look on his face, but mostly by the stain he had made on his trench coat below the buckle."

"Ewww . . . well, at least he kept it in his pants."

by al-in-chgo March 20, 2011

roughousing

Alternate spelling of "roughhousing" with one "h" omitted. Compare thresh-hold, threshold.

Means mock-fighting or wrestling, grabassing, or physical fooling around, usually between boys of similar age.

See also fooling around.

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"Don't put the twins together in the back seat or they'll be roughousing all the way to the mall."

by al-in-chgo August 18, 2010

grizzled

Partly gray or streaked with gray. Connotes age, but not necessarily.

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Jerry Garcia was a grizzled and bearded band leader in the decade before his death, but he still had a comparatively young face.

by al-in-chgo May 24, 2010

prison sex

Male-on-male anal sex in which the top stands up and the bottom bends over, usually grabbing his ankles, his butt to top's junk. This is considered the fastest and easiest way for top to pentrate and fuck to orgasm, if not the most esthetically pleasing. Out of prison, the bottom can be female or male.

Indeed, "prison sex" is often the preferred method of sex in prison, where quickies are key. It is not to be confused with conjugal visits, which imply no particular sexual positioning between partners.

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"Whaddaya mean, Joe's too tall for you? Have him bend over and grab his ankles -- you've never heard of prison sex?"

"I like to look my fuckee in the face, Dude. Prison sex to me is all about efficiency and nothing about romance."

"Believe me, if you both want it bad enough, you'll find a way . . . maybe several different ways."
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by al-in-chgo May 20, 2010

The Valley

Abandoned prison restroom with long trough-style urinal off a low-traffic area, as described in John Cheever's 1977 novel FALCONER. To quote the author, this is where the inmates went after dinner "to fuck themselves." Themselves but not each other -- there were unwritten rules. Looking at other penises was okay, but not into another man's eyes. Touching another man was not allowed, except for the shoulder. A grim place, not gay by any definition, and certainly not the fantasy one-for-all tearoom scenes depicted in gay porn videos.

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Since The Valley in Cheever's award-winning novel Falconer was located on an upper floor, the origin of its name was obscure. Perhaps the name was coined to reference the trench- or trough-shaped nature of the elderly urinal itself.

-- "Where's Harry?"

-- "He went to The Valley after dinner."

-- 'When do you think he'll be back in our wing?"

-- "As late as possible, if I know Harry."

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by al-in-chgo February 25, 2010

virgule

Typesetter's name for a "regular" (pre-computer-era) slash mark (/) that associates related terms. On computer QWERTY keyboards, commonly found to the right of the key for a period. The virgule key + shift indicates a question mark.

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Here's one use of the virgule: Most of the audience found the play racy/dirty, not just racy.

by al-in-chgo March 3, 2010

Judgment City

Judgment City is that part of town where all the buildings are of medium height, usually located near expressways, and built between the early Sixties and the mid-Eighties. Its style is some variation on International Style as exemplified by the almost inevitable flat roofs with HVAC equipment forming a "sore thumb" addendum to the roof lines. Judgment City gets its name from the sterile corporate complex that is the setting for most of the plot of Albert Brooks' satiric comedy DEFENDING YOUR LIFE.

Beige is the predominant theme of Judgment City -- beige for the cast-concrete slabs that form some buildings, most bridges, and practically all covered parking structures attached to those buildings that no longer are surrounded by enormous asphalt parking lots. Beige also shows up in more overtly pseudo-sophisticated building techniques like pebbled walls (usually more concrete but with a deliberate random design), or the vertical walls with pretend fluting that are made of a whiter shade of concrete.

Judgment City areas generally push retail and housing to its edges because in these neo-downtowns, rents are too expensive to support low-rise concerns.

If, however, you come across a newer area that is not flat-roofed and beige, but equally corporate with such building features as monopitch or steepled roofs, ziggurat-edged walls and exposed structural elements like gray PPG plate glass or red girders, you've gone beyond Modern into Post-Modern: Legoland. (See "Legoland".)

-- Recall that in Albert Brooks' movie DEFENDING YOUR LIFE, the newer retail outlets in Judgment City, like nail salons or frozen-yogurt shops, were going up on the edge of town.

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by al-in-chgo June 19, 2011